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lawyer calls Ned about Edmund's new will, which had supposedly been drafted by Ned; the will was supposedly witnessed by Mary Ann Simpson, a woman Ned once met in passing but who is nowhere to be found now. The new will has been improperly prepared, violating the rule against perpetuities, and the local judge, with a poor opinion of Ned, nullifies it, leaving Matty the sole beneficiary and disinheriting Edmund's niece, Heather. Ned realizes that Matty has disregarded

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